Change RHD headlamp to LHD Carthago C Tourer 2017

[sudafogi]

Does anyone know how to change the headlamp beam direction from RHD to LHD?

 

[Lenny HB]

The Tourer uses the Hella Classic projector lamp.
Loosen the 3 screws on the back and rotate as far as it goes it should then be set to flat dipping.
Same applies to LHD headlamps you can't set them to the opposite drive pattern only to flat dipping.

 

[autorouter]

You can check the beam pattern by looking at the light pattern on a light-coloured wall. The classic projector headlamp for LHD has a horizontal beam on the right, and a beam sloping up from the centre at about 10 degrees to the left, to illuminate the left side of the road higher.

Rotating the headlamp body by about 10 degrees brings the left side down to horizontal, and the right side slopes up at about 10 degrees to the right, as required for RHD driving.

So the end result is not a flat-topped beam but a full sloping beam for both left and right hand drive.

 

[peterc10]

You can check the beam pattern by looking at the light pattern on a light-coloured wall. The classic projector headlamp for LHD has a horizontal beam on the right, and a beam sloping up from the centre at about 10 degrees to the left, to illuminate the left side of the road higher.

Rotating the headlamp body by about 10 degrees brings the left side down to horizontal, and the right side slopes up at about 10 degrees to the right, as required for RHD driving.

So the end result is not a flat-topped beam but a full sloping beam for both left and right hand drive.

I think you may have got your slopes on the wrong side. LHD slope up to the right, i.e. to the nearside when driving on the right. RHD is the opposite. Otherwise the higher beam on the offside will dazzle the drivers coming towards you.

 

[autorouter]

I think you may have got your slopes on the wrong side. LHD slope up to the right, i.e. to the nearside when driving on the right.

Yes you're right. For some reason I mixed up LHD (steering wheel on the left, drive on the right) with the traffic driving on the left. Sorry for the confusion.

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[peterc10]

Yes you're right. For some reason I mixed up LHD (steering wheel on the left, drive on the right) with the traffic driving on the left. Sorry for the confusion.

Catches me out sometimes too.

 

[sudafogi]

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